K - 12 Challenges

Academic Achievement

TechYES provides a comprehensive technology literacy curriculum. Students produce technology projects aligned to academic standards with the support of STLs.

All projects are assessed to determine how many of the 24 ISTE NETS performance indicators have been met. Students are deemed nationally TechYES certified once they accumulate 21 on these indicators.View research

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Professional Development

A major component of GenYES is providing much-needed technology infrastructure support for teachers. Teams of students assist school and district IT staff to ensure that technology is working and available for student learning.

GenYES has saved districts considerable money and students have benefited greatly by gaining valuable learning and leadership skills.

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Tech Literacy & Certification

K-12 teachers create lessons and assign students tech-infused projects aligned to Common Core, NGSS, NETS, and other academic standards.

TechYES tools address both the Common Core Standards and processes. TechYES offers a powerful way to assess whether students have met standards and learning outcomes via project creation.

GenYES prepares students to respond to Technology Assistance Projects (TAPs) for faculty and staff.

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1:1 Initiatives

GenYES 1:1 prepares Student Technology Leaders teams that become responsible for deployment, maintenance, and integration of laptops, tablets, or other devices provided to all teachers and students. Generation YES provides the preparation, training, implementation and evaluation necessary for any 1:1 initiative.

GenYES 1:1

STEM

STEM Star has all the features of TechYES with projects and resources emphasizing STEM.

STEM Star has produced more than 10,000 rich and powerful STEM related projects aligned to CCSS, NGSS, and other standards.

STEM Star

College/Career Readiness

CollegeYES has all the features of TechYES with projects and resources addressing college and career preparation. CollegeYES has produced more than 4,000 rich and powerful projects aligned to CCSS, NGSS, and other standards.

CollegeYES is a large U.S. Department of Education Investing in Innovation (i3) development project.

CollegeYES

Digital Safety

All the features of TechYES with additional resources aimed at students producing projects and PSAs related to digital safety.

SafeTech will help local districts and schools address the federal CIPA mandate to educate students about Internet/digital safety and cyber bullying prevention.

Safe TECH

Solution:

All our solutions are based on four principles:

Student Tech Leaders

We believe that teams of well-prepared K-12 students are the key strategy for realizing meaningful technology integration. All Generation YES programs have STLs at the center.

Project-Based Learning

Tech Integration

Providing support and resources to schools using technology for improved learning opportunities and academic achievement is a primary goal of the nonprofit Generation YES.

Data Collection & Assessment

Guided authentic assessment and reporting provides students with feedback and educators with solid data on student progress.

Success Stories

We have a great new class of Hingham Tech Squad this year, as well as almost every block covered with our experienced Help Desk kids available. It has been a huge success and a timesaver to both our staff and our tech coordinator!

Sarah Coughlin

Hingham, Massachusetts

I am amazed. This room is running itself. The kids understand the GenYES site, and know exactly what to do. A few of the kids are already certified… For a split second there I was almost annoyed at being bored and having shockingly little to do. Then I realized that I have nothing to do because the kids are all working, focused, and helping each other! What a wonderful reason to be bored!

Amy Sarah Lamena

St Johnsville, New York

I cannot say enough about the power and the positive impact this program has had in our community, school and on the students. You really have a great thing going here :)

Latest News

Generation YES Certification

Generation YES organization has developed a new technology certification program based on its 20 years of research. When students support technology integration and infrastructure in their schools, they learn technology skills, people, problem solving, leadership, and planning skills. The rigorous GenYES Certification model is comprehensive because it verifies that students not only possess these skills but have extensive, real-word experience using these skills to significantly transform their schools.
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GenYES New Leaders

Generation YES and New Leaders have announced today that they will combine their expertise to pilot a new school leadership model in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) in a program funded by the Cisco Foundation. Specially prepared student technology leaders will contribute basic technology infrastructure support and provide their teachers real-time professional development in ten elementary, middle, and high schools. School administrators will learn to transform their schools by incorporating student voice and expertise to effectively integrate technology into their schools.
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